Dr. Bill Wood primarily teaches classes on modern Middle Eastern history, Islamic civilizations, and Russian and Soviet history. His research focuses on the Soviet Union and the Middle East in modern historical times.

Dr. Rosco Williamson teaches classes in international relations and human rights. His field of research includes the development of the international system, the impact of religion on political authority, and political legitimacy.

Dr. Kelli McCoy teaches classes in 19th and 20th century U.S. history, U.S. women’s history, and world civilizations. She has also taught special seminar courses in the 1960s in the U.S. and San Diego history. Her primary areas of research are on social reform movements in the early 20th century U.S., especially focusing on women, gender, and the law. Her current book manuscript is on the early 20th century movement to end human trafficking and the way that played out in the legal system.

Dr. Lindsey Lupo teaches classes on urban politics, comparative politics, research methods, U.S. public policy, democratization, and protest and social movements. Her fields of research are urban politics, social movements, and political violence and she is the author of Flak-Catchers: One Hundred Years of Riot Commission Politics. Her most recent research focuses on protest outcomes and democratic deliberation. Lupo is also the dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Public Engagement.

Dr. Jaeyoon Kim has been at PLNU since 2005. He teaches courses in world civilizations; Asian-American history; and modern Japan, Korea, and China. Kim earned his Ph.D. in history at the University of Oregon and has served as a visiting scholar at Beijing University in the People's Republic of China.

Dr. Rick Kennedy came to PLNU in 1995. An intellectual/cultural historian, he has authored books and articles on the history of logic, mathematics, architecture, astronomy, education, historiography, and Christian thought. His most recent works are on Cotton Mather, one of early America's most influential pastor-scholars, and the Christian History of Southern California. He is also a former president and secretary to the academic organization: The Conference on Faith and History.

Dr. Linda Beail teaches courses in American politics, political theory, and gender & race politics. Her research interests include theorizing about postfeminism, the politics of popular culture, and gender & religion in American politics. Her most recent book is entitled Mad Men and Politics: Nostalgia and the Remaking of Modern America. Her current research is on pleasure and anxiety in the pop culture representations of political women, with recent book chapters on Black Widow and gender in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and gender in presidential elections.

Dr. Matthew Boyne joined the Fermanian School as an adjunct teaching operations management and statistics in January of 2009 as an Adjunct Professor. He had previously taught operations and strategy at Norwich University, along with the Air Command and Staff College. He served as a Naval Aviator flying F/A-18 Hornets and flew for United Airlines as a Boeing 757 pilot.  During his Naval service, he led multiple global combat deployments for squadrons managing logistics, aircraft, and communication systems.

Dr. Michael Wiese joined PLNU in 2017 as a professor of marketing, teaching in the undergraduate and graduate business programs. Mike earned a Ph.D. from Loyola University of Chicago. He is very active in marketing consulting projects, serving multiple organizations across the United States. The focus of his work is on marketing research and marketing strategy, primarily for church-related organizations. His career includes retail management and marketing services to organizations in the United States and Canada.

Dr. Bruce Schooling entered into his Ph.D. program at New Mexico State after serving as a senior pastor at three different Nazarene churches for a combined 18 years. After earning his Ph.D. in management in 1998, he started at PLNU as an assistant professor of management. He then served as the director of the M.B.A. Program from 2000 – 2004 before becoming dean of the School of Business in 2004. During his seven years as dean, Schooling focused his time on ensuring quality business education and played an important role in the FSB's reaffirmation of accreditation by ACBSP in 2010.